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"Junta supposes he might get tired of indulging in domesticity eventually -- surely there must come a point when the idea of washing dishes will be less than entirely charming to him -- but in these first few months of living together with Hajime he still finds himself undone by every evidence of their shared life." Junta and Hajime spend a night in.

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No one chooses to move across the country -- away from all his friends and everything familiar -- his freshman year of high school, but it's a thing that happens sometimes. The mountains are very different from the city. He doesn't know anyone there, there isn't much to do, and the deertaur in the area and strange and standoffish. The ride to school is very long and the terrain is rough, but the mountain air is fresh, and at night, without the city lights to pollute the sky, the stars shine very bright. Teshima Junta finds something new to like about his new home every day, but that might not be a good thing.

If you're catching up after a while, you probably left off at Chapter 12.

Ch. 16: In which a conversation is had.Ch. 17: In which there are suspicions.Ch. 18: In which Aoyagi heals.

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"It's the pain, Teshima-san", Sangaku repeated, his own words almost inaudible to his own ears, his mind focused on the feeling of Teshima's weight under his fingers there where his hand was on his thigh, mere centimeters away from the exposed skin of his waist. "Your chest constricting, every last cell of your body aching, your lungs screaming for air, the fact that you're not sure if you'll be able to take the next breath, or if your body will give out".

"That, Manami", Teshima said, and Sangaku shuddered under the hand that had come up to his neck and then moved up, teasing fingers tracing the outline of his lips. "Sounds to me more like you're about to die".

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Hajime had always been honest with himself, he had never been the kind of person to refuse what he was feeling, nor the kind of person who was so oblivious that they couldn't even understand their own feelings and thoughts.[...]Issa had never been good at understanding his feelings. Usually, he wasn't even aware of them until they hit him right in the stomach, until he couldn't do anything but acknowledge them, even without knowing what they actually meant.

In which they both have a crush, Hajime is definitely aware of it and Issa is painfully oblivious, and somehow everything works out in the end.

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“That means that tonight is really our only chance to go out”, Junta said, looking straight at Manami, capturing his eyes with his own. “So you only have this chance to really convince me to date you”.At that, the surprise written on Manami's features was soon replaced by a knowing look and a sly and sharp smile, mirroring the one that was probably curving Junta's own lips.“Oh? Is that a challenge, Teshima-san?”“Hm, I just stated a fact, but I guess we can see it that way”.Manami took a step closer, invading Junta's personal space. In a moment, before Junta could register what was happening, Manami had leaned in. “I accept the challenge”, he murmured, his mouth close to Junta's ear. “I won't disappoint you, Teshima-san”.

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It helped him stop thinking for a while. Not completely, he couldn't really stop thinking about Manami – he didn't really want to stop thinking about it.It was a constant thought at the back of his mind – a thought that was still accompanied by a pang of bitterness because, wherever he was and whatever he was doing in that moment, Manami wasn't there, and that was something that no amount of practice could cancel, something that no wish made on a birthday cake could change.